Order of the President of the People's Republic of China No. 75

The Surveying and Mapping Law of the People's Republic of China, amended and adopted at the 29th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on August 29, 2002, is hereby promulgated and shall go into effect as of December 1, 2002.

JiangZemin President of the People's Republic of China August 29, 2002

Surveying and Mapping Law of the People's Republic of China

(Adopted at the 29th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Seventh National People's Congress on December 28, 1992, amended at the 29th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress on August 29, 2002)

Contents

Chapter I General Provisions

Chapter II Surveying and Mapping Datums and Systems

Chapter III Basic Surveying and Mapping

Chapter IV Boundary Surveying and Mapping and Other Surveying and Mapping

Chapter V Qualifications for Surveying and Mapping

Chapter VI Surveying and Mapping Results

Chapter VII Protection of Surveying Markers

Chapter VIII Legal Responsibility

Chapter IX Supplementary Provisions

Chapter I General Provisions

Article 1 This Law is enacted to strengthen the administration of the surveying and mapping undertaking, promote its development and ensure that it renders service to development of the national economy, the building up of national defence, and progress of the society.

Article 2  All surveying and mapping activities in the territorial air, land and waters of the People's Republic of China, as well as other sea areas under its jurisdiction shall be conducted in compliance with this Law.